Some boxes are made from plastic ... However, the plastic tray inside is very flimsy, not a hard plastic. The sewing notions inside were pretty cheap quality. The construction of the sewing ...

The sewing box was attractive, often a skillfully crafted ... It looks like a dollhouse, so it must have been tempting for children to try to see inside. It sold for $3,075 in Boston.

But one of the tins doesn’t contain any dessert. Inside are sewing supplies. Krishna writes for The New York Times, where this article originally appeared.